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Kelheim (district)
Kelheim is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany, bound (from the north and clockwise) by the districts Regensburg (district), Regensburg, Landshut (district), Landshut, Freising (district), Freising, Pfaffenhofen (district), Pfaffenhofen, Eichstätt (district), Eichstätt and Neumarkt (district), Neumarkt. Geography The district is located halfway between Ingolstadt and Regensburg on both banks of the Danube. In the northwestern part it includes a part of the Altmühl Valley Nature Park and the confluence of Altmühl and Danube. Coat of arms The coat of arms displays: *the blue and white checked pattern of Bavaria *the roses symbolise the monasteries of Biburg Abbey, Biburg and Weltenburg Abbey, Weltenburg *silver and black are the colours of Abensberg, which once was a free imperial city Towns and municipalities References External links Official website(German) (German, English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelheim (District) Kelheim (distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelheim
Kelheim () is a town and municipality in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the Kelheim (district), district Kelheim and is situated at the confluence of the rivers Altmühl and Danube. Kelheim has a population of around 16,750 (2020). History Kelheim is the site of a large Iron Age oppidum from the La Tène culture, La Tène period, which has been tentatively identified with the Celtic city of Alcimoennis mentioned by Ptolemy in his ''Geography (Ptolemy), Geography''. The ramparts of the fort cross the promontory between the rivers Altmühl and Danube. There is an inner defensive line enclosing 60 Hectare, ha near the confluence, then a long outer rampart enclosing an enormous area of 630 Hectare, ha. A small promontory fort on the other bank of the Danube has a series of short linear ramparts protecting a settlement in the bend of a meander. This is aligned with the end of the outer rampart on the far bank, dominating traffic on the river. Kelheim has given its name to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weltenburg Abbey
Weltenburg Abbey (Kloster Weltenburg) is a Benedictine monastery in Weltenburg near Kelheim on the Danube in Bavaria, Germany. Geography The abbey is situated on a peninsula in the Danube, in a section of the river valley called the Weltenburg Narrows (otherwise known as the Danube Gorge). History By around 45 AD the Weltenburg area was the starting point of the ''Via iuxta Danuvium'' – the Roman military and border road which followed the south bank of the Danube upstream to ''Brigobannis'', the '' limes'' fort near Hüfingen. For a long time this road was the most important east–west route north of the Alps. At Mertingen (''Sumuntorium'') this route met the '' Via Claudia Augusta'' from northern Italy. There was already a settlement above the monastery on the Frauenberg in prehistoric times. Archaeological finds and excavations suggest that a Roman military station was constructed there. First foundation According to tradition, the abbey was founded in about 617 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihrlerstein
Ihrlerstein is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References Kelheim (district) {{Kelheimdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herrngiersdorf
Herrngiersdorf is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany. The village is dominated by the large, square Schloss Herrngiersdorf, a brewery. Geography Herrngiersdorf is located south of Langquaid Langquaid is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany. Ortsteile Villages affiliated to the administration (Ortsteil A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (pla ... and consists of Herrngiersdorf, Sandsbach, Semerskirchen, and Sittelsdorf. Gallery Ententeich bei Semerskirchen 2.jpg, Lake at Semerskirchen Herrngiersdorf St Martin.JPG, St. Martin's church Herrngiersdorf Schloss.JPG, Schloss Herrngiersdorf References Kelheim (district) {{Kelheimdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hausen, Lower Bavaria
Hausen () is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References Kelheim (district) {{Kelheimdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essing
Essing is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the river Altmühl The Altmühl (, ) s.v. is a river in . References External links Kelheim (district) {{Kelheim-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsendorf
Elsendorf is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References Kelheim (district) {{Kelheim-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biburg
Biburg is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References Kelheim (district) {{Kelheimdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Abbach
Bad Abbach () is a municipality in the district of Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany. Due to its sulphurous springs it has the status of a spa town. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Henry II (; ; ; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024 AD), also known as Saint Henry, Order of Saint Benedict, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler of the Ottonian dy ... was born here in 973 AD. References External links Bad Abbach website Spa towns in Germany Kelheim (district) {{Kelheimdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attenhofen
Attenhofen is a municipality located in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany. History Attenhofen was established as a parish in 1413, according to old sources; the parish church was established sometime after the Battle of Lechfeld in 955. In 1886, 19 people from Attenhofen took part in the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. In 1903, the population of Attenhofen was about 440 people; of those, 435 were Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid .... References Bibliography * Kelheim (district) {{Kelheimdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiglsbach
Aiglsbach is a town and municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, Germany, and a member of the Mainburg administrative partnership, a voluntary resource-pooling agreement with three neighbouring municipalities. Geography Aiglsbach lies between Regensburg and Munich, and between Ingolstadt and Landshut. The municipality comprises the following settlements: Aiglsbach, Berghausen, Gasseltshausen, Oberpindhart, Pöbenhausen, Radertshausen, Buch, Haselbuch, Gerblhäuser, Straßberg, Lindach and Moosham. History Aiglsbach was first recorded as a settlement in 864, with alternative names recorded as ''Agelspach'' (ca. 1145), ''Ailgilspach'' (ca. 1190) and ''Egilspach'' (ca. 1160). The name likely derives from a given name such as ''Agil'', ''Egil'', ''Aigil'' or ''Eigil'', while ''bach'' refers to a stream. The town belonged to the taxation district of Munich and to the administrative district of Mainburg in the Electorate of Bavaria. Administrative reform in the Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riedenburg
Riedenburg () is a town in the district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, northwest of Kelheim and northeast of Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (; Austro-Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an Independent city#Germany, independent city on the Danube, in Upper Bavaria, with 142,308 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2023). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan .... Prunn Castle (:de:Burg Prunn, de) is located in Riedenburg. The town is on the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal. On the evening of 5 June 2019, a river cruise ship of the Viking company, initially said to be the ''Var'', damaged the lock of Riedenburg, on the canal. After the impact, the lock could not be properly closed. No one was injured in the accident. The repair was expected to take two to three weeks to complete. Later reports indicated the vessel involved in that incident was actually the ''Tir''. The site Vessel Tracker stated that this ship returned to Regensburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
